TLDR: Cops are called to a residence by parents to help contain their mentally ill child. First two cops get there and are talking the kid down when third officer arrives. Third officers orders first two to use non lethal force to subdue kid and after he is stunned 3rd officer fires a single shot to the chest killing the kid.

They need to charge the son of a bitch not just put him on administrative leave.

This is about as paraphrased as it gets but from what I understand the kids parents story is that the first two officers on the scene had the kid calmed down and the third officer (from Southport) came in and began giving orders and escalated the situation and it led to the tasing and shooting.

That shooting officers lawyer has said that he was afraid the kid was going to stab someone with the screwdriver he had and that's why he shot.

He said/She said basically and I suspect that is what the investigation is trying to clear up. As long as the other two officers (who have already been cleared) don't try and protect the shooter (assuming he was unjustified) then it ought to come out what happened.

Unless your between the leads you can grab someone all day while they are being tased. My issue is how is the mom going to ask why the cops were using any force on her son. Uh, you called because you were scared for your life of your schizophrenic son with a screwdriver. Something is fishy here though, and I hate to say it but the 3d officer smells guilty.